Karen Fitzgerald v. M. Santoro

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• explaining that a seizure accomplished through excessive force violates the Fourth Amendment even if supported by probable cause
• approving of officers’ use of the “arm bar” and “wrist lock” positions to secure an uncooperative individual
• affirming summary judgment for defendants; dispatcher told officers detainee was suicidal, detainee ap- peared intoxicated and admitted she was on antidepressants and going through a difficult period, but also told police at scene that she was not in fact suicidal
• affirming summary judgment for defendants where dispatcher told officers that the detainee was suicidal, and detainee appeared intoxicated and admitted she was on antidepressants and going through a difficult period, but also told police at scene that she was not in fact suicidal
• use of force to detain plaintiff was reasonable where it was “uncontested that she resisted”
• arm-bar and wrist-lock techniques that broke protective detainee's arm were not excessive because she was actively resisting attempts to place her into an ambulance

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